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Recovered Lives Deborah Jordan 8 March 2019 Frances Georgina Watts Higgins (1860–1948), landscape architect and feminist
Recovered Lives Madeleine Lindsell 8 March 2019 Helen Australia (Nellie) Gregory (1863–1950) and Louisa Caroline Gregory (1865–1903), cricketers Recovered Lives Melanie Nolan 8 March 2019 Ellen Peterson/Helen Packer/Madame Pacquer/“Bondi Mary” (1870–1941) Recovered Lives Nicole McLennan 8 March 2019 Lili Sharp (1876–1964), singer Recovered Lives Alexandra McKinnon 8 March 2019 Nell Malone (1881–1963), hospital orderly and governess
Recovered Lives Alexandra McKinnon 8 March 2019 Kathleen Ussher (1891–1983), illustrator, writer, public servant
Recovered Lives Anne Rees 8 March 2019 Sylvia Breamer (1897–1943) Recovered Lives Shannon Lovelady 8 March 2019 Roma Craze (1915–95), intelligence analyst Recovered Lives Kathryn Wells 8 March 2019 Katipelvild Margaret (Pinkie) Mack (1858–1954), Yaraldi-speaking Piltindjeri clanswoman Recovered Lives Elizabeth Kwan 7 March 2019 Lim Lee See (Granny Lum Loy) (c. 1887–1980)
Recovered Lives Ross Carpenter 7 March 2019 Sadie Cambridge (1899–1968), ice-skating champion and coach
Recovered Lives Michal Bosworth and Charlie Fox 7 March 2019 Roma Catherine Gilchrist (1909–83), socialist, feminist and peace activist Recovered Lives Anne Rees 7 March 2019 A cache of letters reveals a fierce ambition and a fiery struggle National affairs Jennifer Martin & Matthew Ricketson 26 February 2019 With the child sexual abuse royal commission handing down its report, what have we learned so far about the dynamics of abusive institutions? Essays & reportage Tony Blackshield 19 February 2019 Parliament unworkable? There are precedents for sending MPs back to the people, but they might not embolden the governor-general
Books & arts Brian McFarlane 6 February 2019 Cinema | Two remarkable women receive two great portrayals in Mary Queen of Scots 
Essays & reportage Jo Chandler 1 February 2019 Stalking a giant in Papua New Guinea’s ranges Books & arts Ray Cassin 29 January 2019 Books | How much have the Irish contributed to an Australian identity? The debate continues International David Hayes 29 January 2019 A Tokyo trip is another lesson in looking afresh Essays & reportage David Hayes 20 January 2019 Thirty years on, the riveting story of consuming devotion — and its buried chronicle — still haunts this reader
Books & arts Jock Given 14 January 2019 Books | “Visionary” Sydney-born engineer Cyril Elwell played a pioneering role in what became Silicon Valley
National affairs Frank Bongiorno 1 January 2019 Cabinet Papers 1996–97 | Having inherited the inquiry into the removal of Indigenous children, the Howard government was able to extend its empathy only so far Books & arts Janna Thompson 23 December 2018 Television | The BBC’s big-budget remake illustrates how perspectives have changed Essays & reportage Michael Cannon 17 December 2018 A social justice pioneer’s secret life is unveiled in a new book Books & arts Ken Haley 17 December 2018 Books | The interaction of traditional beliefs and Catholicism has helped shape Timor-Leste since the 1500s
Essays & reportage Norman Abjorensen 7 December 2018 History could help the Liberals out of their malaise
Books & arts Norman Abjorensen 3 December 2018 Books | A new biography paints a nuanced picture of the man widely seen as Australia’s greatest prime minister From the archive Richard Johnstone 16 November 2018 Peter Jackson’s vivid account of the Great War is also a tribute to the art of the cinema Essays & reportage Peter Spearritt 9 November 2018 A little-known incident captures divisions among Australians during the first world war Essays & reportage Scott Bennett 9 November 2018 A visit to Ypres prompts the question: do war memorials hide more than they reveal?